PMID- 21382966
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120606
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1749-5024 (Electronic)
IS  - 1749-5016 (Print)
IS  - 1749-5016 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
DP  - 2012 Feb
TI  - Neural representations of close others in collectivistic brains.
PG  - 222-9
LID - 10.1093/scan/nsr002 [doi]
AB  - Our recent work showed that close relationships result in shared cognitive and 
      neural representations of the self and one's mother in collectivistic individuals 
      (Zhu et al., 2007, Neuroimage, 34, 1310-7). However, it remains unknown whether 
      close others, such as mother, father and best friend, are differentially 
      represented in collectivistic brains. Here, using functional magnetic resonance 
      imaging and a trait judgment task, we showed evidence that, while trait judgments 
      of the self and mother generated comparable activity in the medial prefrontal 
      cortex (MPFC) and anterior cingulate (ACC) of Chinese adults, trait judgments of 
      mother induced greater MPFC/ACC activity than trait judgments of father and best 
      friend. Our results suggest that, while neural representations of the self and 
      mother overlapped in the MPFC/ACC, close others such as mother, father and best 
      friend are unequally represented in the MPFC/ACC of collectivistic brains.
FAU - Wang, Gang
AU  - Wang G
AD  - Department of Psychology, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing 100871, PR 
      China.
FAU - Mao, Lihua
AU  - Mao L
FAU - Ma, Yina
AU  - Ma Y
FAU - Yang, Xuedong
AU  - Yang X
FAU - Cao, Jingqian
AU  - Cao J
FAU - Liu, Xi
AU  - Liu X
FAU - Wang, Jinzhao
AU  - Wang J
FAU - Wang, Xiaoying
AU  - Wang X
FAU - Han, Shihui
AU  - Han S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20110307
PL  - England
TA  - Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci
JT  - Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
JID - 101288795
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Brain/physiology
MH  - Brain Mapping
MH  - Fathers/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Friends/psychology
MH  - Gyrus Cinguli/*physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
MH  - Judgment/*physiology
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MH  - Male
MH  - Mothers/*psychology
MH  - Prefrontal Cortex/*physiology
MH  - Self Concept
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC3277373
EDAT- 2011/03/09 06:00
MHDA- 2012/06/07 06:00
PMCR- 2013/02/01
CRDT- 2011/03/09 06:00
PHST- 2011/03/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/03/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/06/07 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - nsr002 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/scan/nsr002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2012 Feb;7(2):222-9. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsr002. Epub 
      2011 Mar 7.